Medically reviewed by Rafle Fernandez, MD Blood pressure changes naturally but big swings strain your heart.Stress, diet, caffeine, smoking, and medications can cause spikes.Track your triggers and ...

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While heart attacks happen throughout the year, its prevalence increases during winters. There are several factors that ...

Mohammad Pourhosseinzadeh, M.D./Ph.D. student with Professor Mark Huising, watches undergraduate student Joel Sanchez working at a dissecting microscope. New work led by Pourhosseinzadeh and Huising ...

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UVA researchers discovered how the body knows when to stop producing renin. A hormone called angiotensin II causes calcium ...